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BENDING CORONA TRUTH, FROM BEGINNING TO END
On Saturday night, February 11, 2012, I sang the Star-Spangled Banner, a capella, at center court before a nationally, ESPN-televised, sold-out…
Jun 4
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May 2026
CORONAMANIA, OBLIVIOUS GRANDMAS AND A LOST GENERATION
While managing community gardens during peak Scamdemic, I routinely disparaged the lockdowns, school closures, masks, tests and shots to those with whom…
May 28
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LOATHSOME LIES AND LAB LEAKS
For most of my 30 years as an attorney, I did environmental litigation.
May 21
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IRELAND, NEWS ADDICTION AND CORONAMANIA
In September, 1987, I visited the northwest of Ireland with my wife, Ellen, whose father was raised with five siblings in a thatched roof farmhouse in…
May 14
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SUMMER TRAVEL DREAMS
A few Sunday nights ago, during the final session of the season, I was skating in my heavily-used CCM 652 Super Tacks hockey skates on the excellent ice…
May 7
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April 2026
PEOPLE BE CRAZY
On the days I wasn’t in court, at depositions or reviewing documents, I used to take the train from my near-New Brunswick, NJ home to my Trenton, NJ…
Apr 30
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LIBERAL ARTS HEROES, COVID ZEROES AND UNTRAGIC DEATHS
In May, 2017, I attended a nephew’s graduation ceremony at Massachusetts’ Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.
Apr 23
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TRYING WAY TOO HARD TO CRUSH A VIRUS
Several lunch hours/week for 25 years, I played basketball in the second-floor gym of the elegant, century-old, brick-faced, marble-staired Y in central…
Apr 16
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FOURTEEN DAYS IN THE DESERT
Last week, I wrote about the many casinos I saw during a trip to the Southwestern United States.
Apr 9
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BETTING THE HOUSE ON CORONAMANIA
Seven days or, more often, nights/week for thirty-seven and a half years, my father worked in a car and truck assembly plant.
Apr 2
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March 2026
BRIBING MOM TO VAXX
I like hearing from readers via Comments, email, telephone or in-person meetings.
Mar 26
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ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Six years ago this week, at 11 PM, I was lying in bed, listening to WNYC’s ethereal music programming.
Mar 19
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